Neutral Nations
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Neutral Nations
I think this should really be made clear in the charter. Refueling/supplying at a neutral nation along the way is fine. But spending any length of time there ... am I the only one who sees how that could be easily abused.
"But we were chasing them!"
"Sorry, they're berthed in a neutral port, under Anunia you can't fight them or enter our land."
"But as soon as we leave, they'll attack us the moment they're out of the port!"
"That's not our problem, sir, I'm only a civilian."
"But we were chasing them!"
"Sorry, they're berthed in a neutral port, under Anunia you can't fight them or enter our land."
"But as soon as we leave, they'll attack us the moment they're out of the port!"
"That's not our problem, sir, I'm only a civilian."
Andreas
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
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I was looking through the Hague Convention On The Rights of Neutral Powers in Maritime War the other day. It's pretty dense, but it covers a lot and would make a good thing to adopt.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/hague13.htm
(It's a good thing I'm not with my family right now, or they'd be like "Hey, we found a document with the Hague Convention on Maritime War on the hard drive the other day, what's going on?" and I'd have to say "Oh, it's for an...uh...hobby.")
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/lawofwar/hague13.htm
(It's a good thing I'm not with my family right now, or they'd be like "Hey, we found a document with the Hague Convention on Maritime War on the hard drive the other day, what's going on?" and I'd have to say "Oh, it's for an...uh...hobby.")
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Thanks! This is certainly very useful. Particuarly of interest I'd draw out:
Art. 5.
Belligerents are forbidden to use neutral ports and waters as a base of naval operations against their adversaries, and in particular to erect wireless telegraphy stations or any apparatus for the purpose of communicating with the belligerent forces on land or sea.
Art. 6.
The supply, in any manner, directly or indirectly, by a neutral Power to a belligerent Power, of war-ships, ammunition, or war material of any kind whatever, is forbidden.
Art. 12.
In the absence of special provisions to the contrary in the legislation of a neutral Power, belligerent war-ships are not permitted to remain in the ports, roadsteads, or territorial waters of the said Power for more than twenty-four hours, except in the cases covered by the present Convention.
Art. 13.
If a Power which has been informed of the outbreak of hostilities learns that a belligerent war-ship is in one of its ports or roadsteads, or in its territorial waters, it must notify the said ship to depart within twenty-four hours or within the time prescribed by local regulations.
Art. 14.
A belligerent war-ship may not prolong its stay in a neutral port beyond the permissible time except on account of damage or stress of weather. It must depart as soon as the cause of the delay is at an end.
The regulations as to the question of the length of time which these vessels may remain in neutral ports, roadsteads, or waters, do not apply to war-ships devoted exclusively to religious, scientific, or philanthropic purposes.
Andreas
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander
"He showed up three or four years ago and accidentally took over the micronational world by being way more competent and enthusiastic than everyone else. Now he sort of rules us all, but it's a benevolent sort of thing, as far as we know."
~Scott Alexander